From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8629: Windows key + L is always sent to Win7 Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 02:56:19 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1304643437 19488 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2011 00:57:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 00:57:17 +0000 (UTC) To: 8629@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 06 02:57:12 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QI9Lw-0003XZ-Sq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 May 2011 02:57:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40503 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QI9Lv-0000gm-WF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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b=TyEvxPnmI4wSY6zjcZs7hMnUmWef+CxVChiRuIfZxRcywcIBrnz/YgKf1RwLQePm7Y kZqITQDlwzD/fhT7s6JbAV86G3cO22Qu6k+mN271LjVYblidTfcB6GgdftHstEG/bDz3 Nez77OJ73Q1aBZI9qhDYgfV6esatDqbmK8y5Y= Original-Received: by 10.213.19.6 with SMTP id y6mr586113eba.122.1304643399176; Thu, 05 May 2011 17:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.35.137 with HTTP; Thu, 5 May 2011 17:56:19 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 20:57:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:46259 Archived-At: This is a note about a problem with catching the windows key+L on win7 (w32). I have previously told that a low level keyboard hook must be used to use the windows key as Emacs META. This still seems to work on win7, but I have found one exception: Windows key+L will lock the computer even with a low level keyboard hook. A workaround is to use Shift + Windows key+L. Note: This is probably a design decision for win7. (It could be possible to change with win7 registry setting, but this is not something to do in a regular installation of Emacs of course.)